Chapter 66, the self-confidence of the hegemonic nation
But for Xu Wei, the expansion of territory is really not a good thing. To occupy these places, manpower must be arranged. Even if 1,000 people are stationed in these places and more than a dozen counties are stationed, his 10,000 men are not enough.
Even if they were only stationed in important counties, this would still require 5,000 soldiers, not to mention defending against the Xianbei people in the north. Obviously, 1,000 soldiers could not be defended. At the very least, a force of 3,000 troops would be required to go up the Great Wall to defend against the Xianbei people.
Xu Wei only had 10,000 soldiers. With such a dispersion, Mayi only had 3,000 soldiers, and the defense was a bit empty. Therefore, generals like Wang Lei wanted to add 40,000 soldiers so that they would have enough troops to defend all sides.
But Xu Wei disagreed. There were only more than 200,000 people in Mayi, and he couldn't afford to raise 50,000 soldiers. He could still find a way to deal with money, and at most he would come up with a few "inventions" to make money. The main problem was food, and there were few
So many strong labor forces were needed, which also affected the construction progress of Mayi.
Not to mention that it is not enough for the soldiers to arrive at the place. There are not many people in the local area. The logistics obviously need the support of Mayi, whether the roads should be built, and whether the military fortresses should be built.
To support these 50,000 soldiers, 200,000 young men in Mayi are needed to maintain the logistics of the army. If Mayi is to continue to develop, this will change their development direction to the rhythm of a military group (military bandit).
, in order to maintain such a huge army, I am afraid that the only way is to continue to plunder the outside world, just like a military group like Mengjin.
This kind of development direction is obviously not what Xu Wei wants. If they were just a group of poor bandits, the Huns and Xianbei people would probably not pay attention to beggars like them. But Xu Wei happened to be rich, which led to the Tengjia Army
It’s impossible not to retain a certain amount of military strength!
Finally Niu Gui came up with a solution.
"Shuai Qu, I have an idea. There are a large number of Huns herdsmen, Xianbei herdsmen and Wuwan herdsmen in Yanmen County and Dingxiang County. They also often come to our Mayi to work. Since we want to occupy these places
These herdsmen are our people.
We might as well recruit 10,000 cavalry from these tribes. The cavalry will have an advantage in northern Xinjiang. And with this cavalry, it will be easier for us to support the four directions. Even the farthest Pingcheng can be reached in two days!
The most important thing is that it doesn’t cost much to raise cavalry on the grassland. Just recruit some herdsmen to help take care of it. There is no shortage of pasture around Mayi!"
North of Yanmen Pass and the vast area of Dingxiang County, the Han population is only about 30,000, but this does not mean that there are only 30,000 Han people.
In the sixth year of Xiping (177), the Han army was defeated in a battle with Xianbei, and the Xianbei people took the opportunity to occupy Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Shangjun and part of Xihe.
Because Yanmen County was protected by the Great Wall, it could barely resist the Xianbei people, but the Huns, Xianbei and Wuwan people began to invade here. Small tribes often entered and crossed the Great Wall to graze here, and the Han army was unable to drive away these herdsmen.
After Xu Wei occupied Mayi, all the border troops north of Yanmen Pass and Dingxiang County were evacuated. Niu Gui often traded with these neighboring tribes because he wanted to buy war horses, cattle and sheep, etc. From his trading situation
Come and see.
There are probably hundreds of small tribes in the basin between Yanmen County and Dingxiang County. There are about 50,000 to 60,000 herdsmen, enough to form 10,000 cavalry. As long as they announce to these small tribes that they have become members of the Tengjia Army
That's it. And Niu Gui doesn't think these tribes will resist the rule of the Tengjia Army!
Wang Ge thought for a while and said: "With an army of 20,000, and we can form a militia of 100,000 at any time, such a large army is enough to threaten the Xianbei and Huns."
Wang Lei's eyes quickly lit up and he said: "We should have built cavalry long ago, and these herdsmen are natural cavalry. As long as our equipment can keep up with them, with a little training they will become an elite cavalry."
Wang Lei has long wanted a cavalry, not a small cavalry with a few thousand people, but a cavalry group with more than 10,000 people, cavalry that can fight with the Huns and Xianbei people!
Only Xu Wei worriedly said: "The herdsmen in Yanmen County and Dingxiang County are all Huns, Wuwan and Xianbei people. Let's recruit them to lure wolves into the house. After all, our enemies are the Huns and Xianbei people! If they rebel in the face of battle,
The water is gone, what should we do?”
How come Wang Lei and the others are not worried that the Hu people will not want to join in, nor are they worried that the Hu people will backlash? This is simply self-confidence. They all firmly believe that as soon as they recruit the Hu people, the Hu people will come rushing over. Xu
Wei didn't know what to say! How could they have such self-confidence!
Wang Lei said with a confident smile: "If they can become Han people, how could these herdsmen want to become Hu people?"
For Wang Lei, this is the truth that Hu people want to become Han people!
This is the self-confidence of a hegemonic citizen, and it is the self-confidence of a hegemon that has lasted for more than 300 years. Even if Xu comes from the New China, he does not have this kind of self-confidence. After all, Xu Wei's era can only be regarded as a rise, and there is still a country of hope on the head of the New China.
, there are still many people who want to be shepherd dogs, but Wang Lei and others are the only beacons of known civilization. He does not think that any civilization is better than the Chinese civilization.
Therefore, the two sides will have different perceptions when looking at the issue of the Hu people. In this era, the Hu people all want to become Han people. Duan Xi can lead the Qiang people to fight the Qiang people. Gongsun Zan can also recruit 1
An army of ten thousand Karasuma people.
The Huns and Wuwan people would help the Han to fight the Xianbei, and even a large number of the Hu people in the Han territory became Sinicized and learned to farm. The noble children would also worship the great Confucian as their teacher, and despise the Xianbei people further north who were just barbarians who knew how to herd!
Being a Han Chinese in this era has an attraction among the Hu people that Xu Wei could not have imagined!
Niu Gui also said: "If we recruit them, these people will fight the Huns and Xianbei even more vigorously. After all, we will not occupy their pastures, but the same cannot be said for the Huns and Xianbei. These herdsmen are not only in
By defending us, you are also defending your own pasture, and there is no way they will betray you!"
Hearing Niu Gui's words, Xu Wei thought about various modern shepherd dogs. In order to express their loyalty to their masters, traitors will bite their own kind even more fiercely. Although this is an unpleasant thing to say, it is the same here.
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Then everyone began to discuss how 20,000 soldiers could occupy the territory of these dozen counties, where to build fortresses for defense, how many soldiers could be stationed in the fortresses, where to build beacon towers, and how to support these places with logistics. It can be said that all of this was required.
They discussed it carefully. The more they discussed, the more things happened, so that Xu Wei stayed in the military camp for more than a month.